Friday, August 29, 2008

'Thank You Miss Rosa, You Are The Spark. Thank You Sister Rosa Parks'

December 1, 1955, our freedom movement came alive.And because of Sister Rosa you know,we don’t ride on the back of the bus no more.

Sister Rosa Parks was tired one dayafter a hard day on her job.When all she wanted was a well deserved restNot a scene from an angry mob.A bus driver said, "Lady, you got to get upcuz a white person wants that seat."But Miss Rosa said, "No, not no more.I’m gonna sit here and rest my feet."

(Chorus)Thank you Miss Rosa, you are the spark,You started our freedom movementThank you Sister Rosa Parks.Thank you Miss Rosa you are the spark,You started our freedom movementThank you Sister Rosa Parks.

Now, the police came without failAnd took Sister Rosa off to jail.And 14 dollars was her fine,Brother Martin Luther Kingknew it was our time.The people of Montgomery sit down to talkIt was decided all gods’ children should walkUntil segregation was brought to its kneesAnd we obtain freedom and equality, yeah

(Chorus)

So we dedicate this song to theefor being the symbol of our dignity.Thank Sister Rosa Parks.

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About Me

Shaun Mullen was born to blog. It just took a few years for the medium to catch up to the messenger. Over a long career with newspapers, this award-winning editor and reporter covered the Vietnam War, O.J. Simpson trials, Clinton impeachment circus and coming of Osama bin Laden, among many other big stories. Mullen was a five-time Pulitzer Prize nominee and has covered 12 presidential campaigns. He is the author of "The Bottom of the Fox: A True Story of Love, Devotion & Cold-Blooded Murder" (2010) and "There's A House In The Land: A Tale of the 1970s" (2014). Both books are available for sale online in trade paperback and Kindle editions. Much of Mullen's work is archived and can be accessed online in the Shaun D. Mullen Journalism Papers in Special Collections at the University of Delaware Library.